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Old 05-22-2010, 03:13 AM   #5
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Polly, one of the two cables (one on each side) that drives the top mechanism has broken. The same advise Maurice provided for Greeny can apply to your situation:
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Originally Posted by schoir
If the plastic ball cup on one of your front pushrods is broken, you can pop off the plastic ball cup on the other side of the car and the canvas roof will then be capable of operating manually, assuming that the clamshell can still be operated with the electric motor, via the transmissions and V-levers.

If that is not the case, to operate the top manually, you will also have to disconnect the black "hydraulic pushrods" from the other side of the V-levers.
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